The background: The fountain was a gift to the people of Oregon from former Gov. Charles Sprague and his wife, Blanche, a $100,000 bequest to beautify the Capitol Mall. Sprague, the longtime publisher ...

Columbia artist Blue Sky’s “Busted Plug,” a 40-foot fire hydrant sculpture that stood for 22 years, lies abandoned in a field ...

Patio privacy is a homeowner luxury, and if your backyard doesn't come with its own built-in methods for privacy, like high fences, it can be hard to find creative ways to build it for yourself.

The NWS Newport/Morehead City NC issued a weather alert at 5:21 p.m. on Sunday for strong thunderstorms until 5:45 p.m. The ...

Watch out for that bat behind you,” warned Luca Messina, a civil engineer who moonlights as a speleo-archaeologist with ...

Crystal River isn’t just another dot on the Florida map – it’s nature’s masterpiece hiding in plain sight, just 90 minutes north of Tampa on the state’s Gulf Coast.

There’s a place in Florida where time slows to the pace of gentle giants gliding through crystal-clear waters, where your ...

If you have a cat, chances are you’ve struggled at one point or another to get them to drink enough water (that is, water that doesn’t come directly from the sink faucet). For those with H2O ...

Geologists say Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano shot lava as high as 1,000 feet into the air during its most recent eruptive episode.

HONOLULU (AP) — An erupting Hawaii volcano once again began shooting fountains of lava that reached hundreds of feet high on Tuesday. Fountains reached heights of 400 feet (120 meters) to 500 feet ...

Rome’s Trevi Fountain is one of Italy’s most popular monuments, but few visitors are aware of where its water comes from.

This image from webcam footage provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows lava fountains shooting up high in the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Kilauea volcano inside ...